The Great books program: readings for discussion, adult series, set one.
6 v. 19 cm.
Content notes : l. Declaration of Independence. Sophocles: Antigone. Plato: Apology; Crito. Thoreau: Civil disobedience; Walden. 2. Machiavelli: The ruler. Plutarch: Pompey. Shakespeare: Macbeth. Locke: Of civil government. 4. Aristotle: Politics. The Federalist papers. Adam Smith: The wealth of nations. 5. Marx & Engels: The Communist manifesto. Tocqueville: Democracy in America. 6. St. Matthew: The Gospel of Matthew. Tolstoy: The death of Ivan Ilych. Joyce: The Dubliners.
